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Many leading artists are committed to supporting young musicians in their field, as they know best: All beginnings are difficult, especially in the classical music market. This year's featured artist, Renaud Capuçon, knows this well and is therefore committed to supporting emerging talent. In 2022, he founded the Beau Soir Productions initiative with Banijay France, which supports young artists in their careers. In keeping with our composer focus, he will present works by Maurice Ravel and Gabriel Fauré together with three of his protégés.

Renaud Capuçon presents young talents

Schloss Johannisberg

La Mer: an endless source of inspiration for artists from Claude Debussy to Charles Trenet. It really doesn’t have to be the Côte d’Azur or the Mediterranean coasts. Ostend was Europe’s leading seaside town in the late 19th century. A place where you could enjoy sun, sea and beach. Where one could parade among the beau monde. Where you could simultaneously listen and be seen at the Kursaal’s renowned concerts and recitals. They had the very greatest conductors and composers on the rostrum and the largest stars in classical music were visiting… and one James Sidney Edouard Ensor was in the loyal audience. The quirky painter was a loyal guest at the Théâtre Royale d’Ostende.

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Elgar & Friends | Ensor Festival

Kursaal Oostende

Rachmaninov is mainly known for his famous monumental concertos and symphonies, but his chamber music is equally moving. His Piano Trio No. 1 has all the allure of a miniature piano concerto. Dvořák’s String Sextet in A Major is a remarkable series of character pieces, alternating between melancholy and exuberant dances. Both artists composed these works at the beginning of their magnificent careers. Who better to interpret these superb works than the musicians of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, together with the promising young musicians of the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel and Elisabeth Competition laureate Bomsori Kim in the magnificent setting of AMUZ.

Chambre music in AMUZ

AMUZ (Festival van Vlaanderen Antwerpen)

After her participation in the 2015 Queen Elisabeth Competition for violin, Bomsori Kim shot to international fame. The South Korean violinist is in high demand worldwide as a soloist, thanks to her powerful performances of great masterpieces of the violin repertoire with leading orchestras. During the Elisabeth weekend, you have a unique opportunity to hear the acclaimed violinist perform several magnificent chamber music pieces, together with musicians of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, namely Rachmaninov’s Piano Trio No. 1 and Dvořák’s String Sextet No. 1.

Chamber music at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel

Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel

Ô-Celli is a human journey initiated by Sébastien Walnier and Alexandre Beauvoir, who gathered solo cellists from orchestras and chamber musicians, including Jean-Pierre Borboux, the second soloist of the OPRL. Their concerts are invitations to embark on a musical voyage, transcending time and crossing stylistic boundaries. Since 2011, the year of their first concerts, the group of eight musicians from Brussels has held one guiding principle: pleasure! From Gershwin to Piazzolla, through Noben and Bernstein, "in the end, it is always music that prevails" (Michel Legrand).

Ô-Celli Happy Hour!

Salle Philharmonique de Liège

From its rousing opening chords and famous waltz melody to the melancholy funeral march and on to the rapid finale: almost no work is quite as evocative as Beethoven’s Third Symphony. Conductor Benjamin Haemhouts and Casco Phil will together present this musical monument “to the memory of a great man”, as Beethoven himself said after he initially dedicated the symphony to Napoleon Bonaparte, but later changed his mind. And just in case one icon wasn’t enough, the programme will include another hit: Joseph Haydn’s Second Cello concerto.

Cellist

Stéphanie Huang

Events

Past events

Jul 19, 2025

Renaud Capuçon presents young talents · Rheingau Musik Festival

Mar 31, 2024

Elgar & Friends | Ensor Festival · Casco Phil

Future and recently performed repertoire

Cello in Trio élégiaque No. 1 by Rachmaninoff

Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

Cello in String Sextet by Dvořák

Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

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